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Christmas Aftermath 2010.

So what did Santa leave under your Astro-Weenie Christmas Tree? Yep, you know the drill... post what gifts you received over the holidays this year so we can all be extremely jealous and decide who we need to burglarize in the future. As always, I'll post my haul soon, but since my birthday is coming up tomorrow, I'll hold off 'til after then since it all blurs together.

Okay, on with the gifts! Post lists of whatcha got and feel free to include photos of your Christmas holiday hauls! Let's see just how spoiled you bastards really are!

Mines is nothing but turds.I'm gonna be the next Grinch next year buglarizing everyone's home and stealing all of there presents!This Christmas sucks!!! I'm gonna make it my way next year muahahahahah!!!

canvases
2 packages of paints
3 bottles of paints
a small/fine paintbrush
2 cases to keep the stuff in
a paint marker
a pair of slippers
a long sleeve shirt
pair of sweatpants
$1.31
tube of reeses pieces
a $15 target gift card (which i can't use because they changed the policy on those so you need a credit card to use them which i don't have)
rob zombie's halloween 2 (which i promptly gave away, that unwatchable piece of shit should not exist in this universe or any other)

A new comforter
A table slider football game
A Browns greatest games dvd
Amazon Gift Card
Visa Gift Card
Best Buy Gift Card
Kroger Gift Card
A long tailed shirt
some fancy hazelnut chocolate things I don't feel like trying to spell correctly
a new GPS with lifetime traffic and map updates

ColdFusion (Guest)
on 12/26/2010 1:00 pm

Sweatpants, glasses cleaning spray I haven't been able to find anywhere, a vacuum, filet mignon, and a trip to see Tangled :D
And there's money still coming but it's coming slowly, like some kinda money/molasses hybrid.

I'm going to take HowardC's route, but I will say that I received some I-Mockery swag including the pixel posters, the pins pack, and the "Forbidden Love" shirt in addition to other stuff I received this year.

shadowdancer21b (Guest)
on 12/27/2010 2:21 am

I received two oversized long-sleeved t-shirts and a pair of jeans in the correct size. I also picked up Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ. My wife got a mint green Snuggie, and the reading light of course. My office had a secret santa and I got a Homer Simpson bobble head.

I got a Tomtom GPS, a Rifftrax DVD with Comic-Con panel footage, a blue lightsaber, and a 3-pack of JLU action figures consisting of Plastic Man, Cyborg and Mister Miracle. I also got a stack of ~200 Magic the Gathering cards and a Futurama Liar's Dice game where the dice cups are SLurm cans.

and a hoodie that I can plug an ipod into and it will play music. So now I can have theme music playing wherever I go!

The really scary part is I still gotta go with the Fam to visit my Grandparents...It's not scary due to the amount of presents I will get, but rather having to drive back with the load of presents given to my 3 yr old daughter...

It was a really nice Christmas this year. It snowed on Christmas Day here in Alabama.

Number6 (Guest)
on 12/29/2010 1:33 pm

I got:
A ridiculously large amount of tea that I am sharing with my parents (that also doubles as a little-over-a-month-late b-day gift from my slacker-siblings)
A London Fog trench coat(black)
Box of assorted Godiva Truffles
A big bag of Wonka Candy from a good friend (Nerds, Nerd Rope, Gobstoppers, Sour Puckerooms Gummies, Sweettarts, and chocolate!)
A kick-ass skull-guitar keychain and bag o' Trader Joes chocolates from another good friend
And two of the COOLEST BOOKS EVER: Friday The 13th - Church of the Divine Psychopath (which, like all Friday The 13th books, is out of print and a great find) and Abe Lincoln - Vampire Hunter.

The "Church of the Divine Psychopath" book isn't as good as "Hate-Kill-Repeat"(check it out, it's just like one of the films), but it's still decent. I'm a bit disappointed though, because I really wanted RiffTrax and The Jeff Dunham Show DVDs for Christmas... Bah Humbug! >_missed it! D: At least now I'm back home in Georgia for New Years. :)

JuicyLily (Guest)
on 12/29/2010 3:50 pm

Its so funny, but you know time when its coming to put all this mess over -not so funny actually) lol)

martelski (Guest)
on 12/30/2010 1:54 am

I got $20 from my mom and she helped me pay for the last bit of my car.
From my dad, the WWE Encyclopedia which is actually fairly sweet, and a John Lennon shirt. Other tiny things too like candy, etc.
$50 from my grandparents, and $50 from my Aunt. I'm satisfied. Ordered myself an NES Toploader with the money.

Normally I don't get so many gift cards, but since we were visiting back East for the holidays, it would've been a pain to lug a bunch of gifts onto the plane back to LA... so I asked for gift cards.

The thing I like about gift cards is they force you to treat yourself. When I get cash, I'm more inclined to pay some bills rather than treat myself to a gift that I wouldn't normally buy. Now all that's left is to decide what to buy. "Dead Space 2" is definitely on the list, that's for sure.

All in all, an excellent Christmas holiday and birthday haul if I do say so!

"The thing I like about gift cards is they force you to treat yourself. When I get cash, I'm more inclined to pay some bills rather than treat myself to a gift that I wouldn't normally buy. Now all that's left is to decide what to buy. "Dead Space 2" is definitely on the list, that's for sure."

Totally agree RoG, gift cards are excellent gifts exactly for the reasons you state. Shame when a cash gift just ends up paying some bill.